NextGen Students Volunteer at RU-N Community Engagement Day 2026

At Rutgers University–Newark's annual Community Engagement Day on April 11, NextGen students joined the The Salvation Army Newark site, and learned about their extensive programming and ways students can get involved.

Rutgers University–Newark Community Engagement Day is a bi-annual campus-wide event that brings students, faculty, staff, and community partners together to give back to the Newark community through service and civic engagement. Typically, the day includes a variety of hands-on volunteer projects both on campus and throughout the city – such as community clean-ups, food distribution, youth and senior support, and partnerships with local nonprofits – along with reflection activities that connect service to social responsibility and community impact. The event highlights Rutgers-Newark’s commitment to being an engaged anchor institution and strengthens relationships between the university and the surrounding community.